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DOH-Marion Provides COVID-19 Q & A

Apr 26, 2020 at 10:06 pm by pj

Gina Rohr, RN, tests a resident for COVID-19 at the Department of Health in Marion County’s drive-up testing site. Residents can be screened and scheduled for drive-up t.... Read More
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Brevard’s Parrish Healthcare Opens COVID-19 Drive-Thru Test Collection Site at the Parrish Health & Fitness Center in Titusville

Apr 26, 2020 at 10:00 pm by pj

    Parrish Healthcare, in collaboration with OMNI Healthcare, set to open North Brevard’s first COVID-19 drive-thru test collection site at its Parrish Heal.... Read More
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If Tested Positive for COVID-19, 1 of 4 Millennials Would not Self-Quarantine

Apr 26, 2020 at 09:45 pm by pj

From TESTING.COM Within the last few weeks, the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has turned life upside down for millions of people. The h.... Read More
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DOH-Orange Announces a Second Round of Mobile COVID-19 Testing

Apr 26, 2020 at 09:32 pm by pj

  ORLANDO – With the success of the first round of testing, the Florida Department of Health in Orange County (DOH-Orange) announces a second round of fr.... Read More
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Changes to Telehealth and the Healthcare Market in the Aftermath of COVID-19

Apr 26, 2020 at 09:20 pm by pj

    Lindsay Lowe is an associate attorney at Wolfe Pincavage, a Florida boutique law firm whose entire career has been dedicated to public.... Read More
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CMS Re-evaluates Accelerated Payment Program and Suspends Advance Payment Program

Apr 26, 2020 at 08:45 pm by pj

  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is reevaluating the amounts that will be paid under its Accelerated Payment Program and suspen.... Read More
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 Administration Launches New Toolkit to Help States Navigate COVID-19 Health Workforce Challenges 

Apr 23, 2020 at 02:00 pm by pj

  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response (ASPR) released a new toolkit to help state and local h.... Read More
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The American Lung Association launches a $25M initiative to end COVID-19

Apr 23, 2020 at 01:56 pm by pj

 By JANELLE HOM Infectious disease…that’s how it all started for the American Lung Association. In 1904, tuberculosis was the leading cause of death in the.... Read More
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Global Protective Gear creates innovative fabric to combat isolation gown shortages

Apr 23, 2020 at 01:50 pm by pj

  Innovative California company creates coated fabric to replace the non woven goods that are increasingly difficult to find  Global Protective Gear has.... Read More
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Coronavirus Crisis Opens Access To Online Opioid Addiction Treatment

Apr 23, 2020 at 01:47 pm by pj

  Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News  Opioid addiction isn’t taking a break during the coronavirus pandemic. But the U.S. response to the viral crisis is mak.... Read More
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OSHA Probing Health Worker Deaths But Urges Inspectors To Spare The Penalties

Apr 23, 2020 at 01:44 pm by pj

(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)   Christina Jewett and Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has.... Read More
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Coronavirus Fuels Explosive Growth In Telehealth ― And Concern About Fraud

Apr 23, 2020 at 01:35 pm by pj

  Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News  On March 17, Medicare chief Seema Verma stepped to the podium at a White House coronavirus briefing and unveiled a “histo.... Read More
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Pediatric Dental Tips in the Time of Quarantine

Apr 22, 2020 at 12:01 am by pj

By Bozena Munguba, DMD, General Dentistry at Community Health Centers – Leesburg   It is hard to see the benefits of being quarantined inside your house for weeks.... Read More
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AdventHealth to open drive-up COVID-19 testing in Kissimmee

Apr 21, 2020 at 11:56 pm by pj

  Osceola Heritage Park, Seminole Towne Center, Mall at Millenia and Daytona International Speedway host AdventHealth’s drive-up testing sites.    &nbs.... Read More
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FDA Daily Coronavirus Update

Apr 21, 2020 at 09:52 am by pj

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the following actions taken in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic: The FDA issued information on the use o.... Read More
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FDA Authorizes First Test for Patient At-Home Sample Collection

Apr 21, 2020 at 09:50 am by pj

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first diagnostic test with a home collection option for COVID-19. Specifically, the FDA re-issued the emergency use a.... Read More
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Orlando Health helps Educate COVID-19 Recovered Patients, Community on ways to Donate Convalescent Plasma

Apr 20, 2020 at 10:50 pm by pj

  Orlando Health is working to educate patients and community members about ways they may be able to help make COVID-19 convalescent plasma a treatment option for others.... Read More
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AMA Urges Governors to Adopt Emergency Response Protections for Physicians

Apr 20, 2020 at 10:47 pm by pj

In response to overwhelming circumstances, hazards and burdens that have placed the physician workforce under extreme pressure during COVID-19 pandemic, the American Medical A.... Read More
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COVID-19: 155 Drugs, 79 Vaccines Under Development Worldwide

Apr 20, 2020 at 08:14 am by pj

A total of 155 drugs and 79 vaccines are currently being developed worldwide to combat COVID-19. The Austrian Institute for Health Technology Assessment (AIHTA) has compiled t.... Read More
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How to Close Your Revenue Gap in a Value-based World

Apr 19, 2020 at 11:45 pm by pj

   By JASON CONSIDINE Did you know a whopping 90 percent of missed revenue opportunities can be linked to denied claims, according to a study by Frost an.... Read More